Axon Anatomy

Dendrites receive stimulus and carries it impulses. Axon structure and functions.

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A long fiber of a nerve cell a neuron that acts somewhat like a fiber optic cable carrying outgoing efferent messages.

Axon anatomy. The neuron sends electrical impulses from its cell body through the axon to target cells. Axon and branches of axon anatomy in this image you will find impulses carried toward cell body dendrites nucleus cell body axon impulses carried away from the cell body braches of an axon axon terminals in it. The function of the axon is to transmit information to different neurons muscles and glands.

An axon from greek ἄξων áxōn axis or nerve fiber is a long slender projection of a nerve cell or neuron in vertebrates that typically conducts electrical impulses known as action potentials away from the nerve cell body. A neuron typically has one axon that connects it with other neurons or with muscle or gland cells. Axon also called nerve fibre portion of a nerve cell neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.

The plasma membrane of postsynaptic cell has receptors for the neurotransmitters in the vesicles of the synaptic knob. When an action potential is generated it travels propagates the length an axon to synaptic knobs where it signals the synaptic vesicles to release some of the stored neurotransmitters. Toward the cell body.

Some axons may be quite long reaching for example from the spinal cord down to a toe. Cells which produce myelin or fat layer in the peripheral nerv dense lipid layer which insulates the axon makes the axon fiber which carries impulses away from cell body. We are pleased to provide you with the picture named axon and branches of axon anatomy.

Receive stimulus and carries it impulses. Toward the cell body.

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